linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.4 131/134] media: saa7164: fix return value check in saa7164

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Date:	Wed,  9 Apr 2014 20:24:07 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>,
	Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Jianguo Wu <wujianguo@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.4 131/134] media: saa7164: fix return value check in saa7164_initdev()

3.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>

commit 89f4d45b2752df5d222b5f63919ce59e2d8afaf4 upstream.

In case of error, the function kthread_run() returns ERR_PTR()
and never returns NULL. The NULL test in the return value check
should be replaced with IS_ERR().

Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust filename]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc: Jianguo Wu <wujianguo@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/media/video/saa7164/saa7164-core.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/media/video/saa7164/saa7164-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7164/saa7164-core.c
@@ -1386,9 +1386,11 @@ static int __devinit saa7164_initdev(str
 		if (fw_debug) {
 			dev->kthread = kthread_run(saa7164_thread_function, dev,
 				"saa7164 debug");
-			if (!dev->kthread)
+			if (IS_ERR(dev->kthread)) {
+				dev->kthread = NULL;
 				printk(KERN_ERR "%s() Failed to create "
 					"debug kernel thread\n", __func__);
+			}
 		}
 
 	} /* != BOARD_UNKNOWN */


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